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CSW Exam study guide chapter 4
Society of Wine Educators CSW exam
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Culinary Art
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09/18/2014

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Viticulture
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branch of agriculture that specifically deals with the cultivation of grapes
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physical structure of a vine
Definition

root

trunk

arms

canes

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cloning
Definition
a method of grape propogation
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bud break
Definition
tiny shoots emerging from nodes in the vines branches
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flowering
Definition
40-80 days after bud break, flowers emerge at intervals along the shoots
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coulure
Definition
malady that ca cause poor fruit set
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millerandage
Definition
caused by bad weather during flowering
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veraison
Definition
sudden accerlation toward maceration
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harvest
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1 .5 to 2 months after verasion,when grapes are at their peak
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photosynthesis
Definition
sunlight used to convert co2 and water into sugar
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respiration
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when a plant breaks down sugar and carbohydrates to relase energy
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transpiration
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process by which water evaporates through openings on the underside of the leaves known as stomata
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Translocation
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when materials are oved from one area of a plant to another
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soil types
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sand 

gravel

chalk

limestone

clay

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Maritime Climate
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strongly influenced by oceans with high rainfall and  mild temperatures
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Continental Climate
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farther from oceeans,sometime extreme hot summer and cold winter
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Mediterranean climate
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caused by planetray air mass circulations
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Botrytis cineria
Definition
fungal disease that can be harmful if formed at the wrong time,otherwise known as "noble rot"
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Field Grafting
Definition
Term use for the process where an unrooted cutting is inserted into the trunk of an existing...
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50 degrees F
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Minimum temperature required for budbreak
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20 - 30 inches
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Average annual water needs of a grapevine
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Pergola
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Type of vine training where vines are trained up a tall support
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Oechsle
Definition
Unit of value used to measure sugar ripeness in Germany
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Baumé
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Unit of value used to measure sugar ripeness in France
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Degrees Brix
Definition
Unit of value used to measure sugar ripeness in the US
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Downy Mildew
Definition
Fungal disease also known as Perenospera
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Powdery Mildew
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Fungal disease also known as odium
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Pierce's Disease
Definition
Bacterial disease carried by the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
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140 to 160 days
Definition
Typical time period from bud break to harvest
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Between 30 and 50 degrees
Definition
Ideal degrees of latitude for commercial viticulture
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Canes
Definition
Term used for a vine's branches, while they are young and pliable
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